Coronavirus Conversations: The mental health impacts of reopening society

After more than a year of measures, such as mask mandates and social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, communities around the world are adjusting to reopened workplaces and society. But ongoing concerns about the pandemic, and challenges posed by variants, have many people wary. As part of The World’s regular series of conversations with Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and as a special in our podcast feed, reporter Elana Gordon moderated a conversation with Karestan Koenen, professor of psychiatric epidemiology at Harvard, who explored well-being and mental health during this transition.

Find more of the Coronavirus Conversations series here: https://www.theworld.org/coronavirus-conversations